(August 1970)

Marvel, 1969 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1970-05-19
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
World Color Press, Inc., Sparta Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:

Watch Me Die-- Twice! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Marie Severin (signed as 7-EV)
Inks
Bill Everett (signed)
Colors
Marie Severin ?
Letters
Sam Rosen ? (and logo)
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

New logo likely designed by Sam Rosen. Info per Nick Caputo, February 2014. Severin signature in sole of sneaker, bottom left.

Cover Thumbnail for Chamber of Darkness (Marvel, 1969 series) #6 Cover Thumbnail for Chamber of Darkness (1969 series) #6 [British]
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A Change of Mind! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Syd Shores (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Genre
science fiction
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.4 page (report information)

I Dared to Defy Merlin's... Black Magic! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Steve Ditko (signed as S. Ditko)
Inks
Steve Ditko (signed as S. Ditko)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek
Job Number
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Merlin; unnamed man
Synopsis
An American businessman scoffs at a shopowner's claim that one of his books was a diary by Merlin until a terrifying vision of Merlin turns his hair white. As he runs from the shop, the shopkeeper thinks that he must remember not to leave his diary out.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person. Reprint credit from atlastales.com.

Put Another Nickel In!!! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Mimi Gold (credited)
Pencils
Dick Ayers (credited)
Inks
Dick Ayers (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Chaff from the Chamber! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith (illustration)
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Richmond T. Edes, Douglas Thompson, Charles Ottosen, and Lee Breakiron; includes illustration from a previous issue and Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Watch Me Die-- Twice!
  2. 1. A Change of Mind!
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. I Dared to Defy Merlin's... Black Magic!
  5. 4. Put Another Nickel In!!!
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Chaff from the Chamber!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Andre Heikamp
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Steve Jenner
  • Andrés Jiménez
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
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